Noel King for Ireland manager

Irish Sun Sport ‏@IrishSunSport 1m

Irish SunSport Friday: The FAI believe they are poised to land top target Martin O’Neill as the next Ireland manager @noriordan

Yes, but WHEN???

That's the big QUESTION

They could be poised for days

migel,
bearing in mind this scenario could have arisen with any previous manager market, if you don`t mind me asking, why did you opt out of this one?

Sorry, nigel

I've just come home to a very nice lay

Noel King  1.1  £59.45   £5.95 
Ref: 30886520010 Bet matched: 14:33 31-Oct-13

lol n1 mach

wd Mach

MON getting matched below 1.1 now

Oh well

Will win 2.56 minus PC

Every little helps

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/martin-oneill-expected-to-be-announce...

I would not be a 1.1 backer on the contents of that report

Me neither. All based on the fact that some bookies have stopped taking bets and a friendly has been arranged. No insider knowledge at all. We are in the same place we were yesterday.

Nothing new in the story but the price suggests it's all over

King was 1.1 yesterday

Not for thousands though

Its not over yet..............

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/republic-of-ireland/10422085...

same story on the back page of the mirror

Sounds like it could be a protracted process yet

I've an all green book thanks to the OP, I'm in no hurry to make MON a slightly bigger winner at 1.08, I would rather take the gamble of a bigger pay out on King

Agreed, but I`ve given up a small green on the field and backed King at these prices. A decent win or quits. That`ll do me.

From not having enough money to meet MoN's wage demands to being able to afford to pay his and Keanes is a big jump

Hopefully contract talks take a few weeks

Just the thought of keane working for the FAI can surely add a few weeks to the process

I had some more on King @ 38 yesterday. Missed the 80. Unlikely but worth a punt

Looks done and dusted

sure does

Although they are going to wait until the 15th so 1.01 could be gubbed when the market realises.

Nov 2, 2013 -- 11:36PM, nigelpm1 wrote:

Although they are going to wait until the 15th so 1.01 could be gubbed when the market realises.

Yes Nige and the helpdesk will need to retreat to their bunker when MON is announced and betfair leave the market open till the 16th.

Almost hoping he's announced in next few days - market will be all over the place ;-)

5live just said something re negotiating with Keane was delayed due to champions league stuff- but I don't know exactly what!

Would be the 13.30 sports bulletin, anywhere to listen again?

I have it on but wasn't really listening

It sounded interesting. Probably my brain filling in gaps but it almost sounded like King was taking charge of the friendly because final negotiations were yet to happen

Be interesting if Fulham now sacked Jol

Lay the £8K at 1.02

Might be worth starting a snowball anyway

Keane is bound to get radged an start punching people when they offer him the contract to sign

This is the latest on the BBC website

1109:
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BBC Sport Northern Ireland understands Michael O'Neill agrees a new two-year deal with the Irish FA to remain as Northern Ireland Manager. The details are still to be formalised but a deal has been agreed in principle.

dimwit

Just seen my schoolboy error

In soccer Martin O' Neill will appoint his own backroom staff when he takes over as Republic of Ireland manager this week. A deal to appoint O' Neill as manager has been agreed, with Roy Keane to take on the assistant manager role. An official announcement is expected tomorrow, with a press conference to take place later this week, possibly on Thursday.
The Northern Irishman is also considering bringing Steve Walford, Steve Guppy and former Irish goalkeeper Seamus McDonagh onto his coaching staff. O'Neill will claim a salary of around 1.2 million Euro, with an 800 thousand euro bonus should Ireland qualify for Euro 2016 in France.

False alarm I guess

I could have sworn they mentioned the friendly

Not mentioned on the 2pm bulletin

I do enjoy the Morecambe & Wise tribute act that you two do.

More like Hinge and Bracket

Like weeing into the wind really.

Hinge & Bracket were great looking girls

Some reports indicating that the Father Ted package, O'Neill & Keane, could be announced in the next few hours.

@cmckennasport 1m
It is official because Newstalk radio station is calling it official and their owner is paying half of O'Neill and Keane contracts. Done.

FAI ‏@FAIreland now
Speaking today FAI CEO John Delaney said, 'Detailed discussions with Martin and Roy are advanced.We hope to have things signed by Saturday'

FAI ‏@FAIreland 8m
Ireland's 1st home game under our new management team is v Latvia on Nov 15 in @AVIVAStadium for tickets & info see: http://www.fai.ie

Contradictory

Shame Fulham haven't sacked Jol yet

Ready made management team there

Presumably the Keane backer thinks that dead heat rules might apply. An optimist.

Nov 5, 2013 -- 12:26PM, ShirleyKnot wrote:

Presumably the Keane backer thinks that dead heat rules might apply. An optimist.

A stupid one at that.  Just been confirmed anyway.  Still think we'll get a little panic here when Betfair don't settle the market timely.

I see a tweet telling me it's announced, but where is it announced?  I cannot find it on fai.ie

Doubt they'll get round to updating until tomorrow.  All staff will have left for the day ;-)

Looks to me as if sky are just reporting a series of tweets made by the FAI 7 hours ago.

FAI ‏@FAIreland 7h
'Irish football & our country is bigger than anything.Two icons of Irish football can work together with us.The past is in the past'. #MONRK
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FAI ‏@FAIreland 7h
Speaking today FAI CEO John Delaney said, 'Detailed discussions with Martin and Roy are advanced.We hope to have things signed by Saturday'
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We can confirm that the management appointment process with Martin O'Neill & Roy Keane is at an advanced stage.Updates from @FAIreland today
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Maybe not.  But nothing I can find that provides any official detail.

Have they said anything on ITV yet?

BF have suspended it - Can't wait for your tweets Shirley ;-)

Nov 5, 2013 -- 7:38PM, nigelpm1 wrote:

BF have suspended it - Can't wait for your tweets Shirley ;-)

I'm going to behave.

No way!  This is utterly insane!

I will genuinely lose a copper or two if they settle it now!

Oh well, I've asked them

It did occur to me however that if their interpretation of the rules is correct it technically also means that they have prematurely settled every manger market where a caretaker has been put in charge.

Nov 5, 2013 -- 7:42PM, ShirleyKnot wrote:

It did occur to me however that if their interpretation of the rules is correct it technically also means that they have prematurely settled every manger market where a caretaker has been put in charge.

Yep!

nigelpm1 • November 5, 2013 7:41 PM GMT
I will genuinely lose a copper or two if they settle it now!


I don't know because I cannot read their official announcement.

Guess they can suspend the market until 15th ;-)

Makes no sense, people who may want to free up cash  are adversely affected for no good reason

6. Betfair will NOT be responsible for suspending the market when an official announcement is made by the FAI. However, Betfair will suspend the market as soon as it becomes aware of an official announcement by the FAI.

They are right according to their rules

FAI ‏@FAIreland 7m
O'Neill & Keane's 1st game leading Ireland will be v Latvia in @AVIVAStadium Fri Nov 15. see: http://www.fai.ie  pic.twitter.com/dkoA8181VO

Nov 5, 2013 -- 7:59PM, ShirleyKnot wrote:

FAI ‏@FAIreland 7mO'Neill & Keane's 1st game leading Ireland will be v Latvia in @AVIVAStadium Fri Nov 15. see: http://www.fai.ie  pic.twitter.com/dkoA8181VO

darn it.  Looks like BF will get away with this.

Oh well, fun while it lasted, thanks to gamblor`s OP. As usual in these markets, a bit of a roller-coaster ride. Ended up level, to the penny.

Baffled by Betfair's latest.   "It's been agreed we have heard but not yet announced, suspended due to that reason"

When was the last time they suspended based on unofficial announcements?

We were always relying on a delay in appointing so they might not have time to prepare for the game Nige. With the FAI announcement re Latvia I doubt if any trading opps will arise to improve your book. MON will stick as unbackable.

Now settled.

Still makes absolutely no sense to me and in another situation it might have had series repercussions.

serious!

I made 4p after PC, so happy here

How can they settle when they said they'd wait to see who is in charge for the Latvia game

Nov 5, 2013 -- 10:48PM, five leaves left wrote:

How can they settle when they said they'd wait to see who is in charge for the Latvia game

exactly!  They are backtracking on their earlier points.

ofc it's 99% certain to be MON but what as far as I am aware nothing has been signed yet

-what*

I hope King manages the next game now just to feck them over

They have clearly thought about what I said and concluded I was right

Basically, they've settled as I would expect them to HOWEVER, they categorically told people on twitter that they wouldn't.

Nov 5, 2013 -- 10:53PM, ShirleyKnot wrote:

They have clearly thought about what I said and concluded I was right

huh hmm.  make that "we"

They clarified it twice. It's going to be chaos if there is some hold up in MON signing

The Football Association of Ireland this evening (November 5) confirmed that Martin O'Neill will be Ireland's next manager, taking up the position when the Irish team meets up on the evening of November 11 to prepare for two friendly matches against Latvia (Aviva Stadium, Nov 15) and Poland (Poznan, Nov 19).

http://www.fai.ie/international/senior-men/103659-new-senior-international-management-team-confirmed.html


Cannot really argue with that & in any case leaving it open would have served no useful purpose, it wouldn't be tradeable.

Nov 5, 2013 -- 11:01PM, five leaves left wrote:

They clarified it twice. It's going to be chaos if there is some hold up in MON signing

Yep their risk I would have thought.  I cannot see them asking for their money back.

Yep, they've got away with it...next time Gadget ;0)

It's good to see that they actually have balls too.  So many times they have taken a ridiculously risk adverse stance on settlements.

so if he is to take up the position on the November 11th, what happens between now and then if during a due  diligence check things go pair shaped.
just because something is 99.99% certain it does  not make it unassailable.

Nov 5, 2013 -- 11:07PM, ShirleyKnot wrote:

It's good to see that they actually have balls too.

I think they should be careful in these scenarios.

Ha!  They have not settled the fixed odds bets though:~(  I thought I was a bit short.

They confirmed to me that they had identical rules and I will ruck if they go back on that one